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Patented June 4,1867.A

1. U. FIESTER.

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SINGO uc I Y @citen gisten lsieat @ffice JOHN Il. FIESTER, -OFVINCIIESTER, O III() Letters Paten-t No.' 65,364, dated June 4, 1867.

FIRE-PLAGE.

'dO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it 4known that I, JOHN U. FIEsTnn, of Winchester, in the county ofGuernsey, and in the State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulimprovements in the construction of Fire-Places and do hereby declarethat the following is a. full, clear, and exact description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, in which- Figure 1 is a front view.

Figure 2 is side section through the centre.

Figure 3 is a section through the line x :e in iig. 2.

The nature of my invention consists in making a convenient cookingdepartment above the ordinary grate lire, and to avoid the smell arisingfrom the articles cooked, and passing into the room, as will behereinafter more fully described.

'I'o enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the construction of my invention, in iig. 1, A A A represent thefire-place, or I may use a fire-place made of cast iron, and adjustable,to be inserted in the ordinary tire-place or chimney-place, with myimprove ment attached. I can use either in the construction of myimprovement. B the flue at the bottom of the grate, and which admits thedraught to the chimney in rear of the grate. C the grate and grate-bars.D the plate above the lire, and is for holding on it the articles to bewarmed or cooked, and I may nd it necessary to have holes in it in whichto put pots, kettles, or other culinary articles. I may also iind adoornecessary to this open oven or cooking-chamber. E the curved backplate, which fits down close 0n the firs-plate D, leaving room enoughbehind it for draught to carry off the products of combustion. Thisplate is curved so as to bring the top edge against the top and front oftheA hre-place, as seen in iig. 2, or may be depressed by the key a, soas to leave an open space between it and the iire-placc, as seen in redlines in iig. 2, leaving an open space above it for any steam or odorfrom cooking to pass oli` and up the chimney, as the arrows indicate insaid igure. a the key passing through the edge of the tire-place, with acam on its rear end, which is to depress the end or front edge of thecurved plate E. I Z1 are double lues leading from the iire into thechimney for the purpose of spreading the heat over the bottom of theplate D. F the chimney ilue. d thebottom on which is set the back oftlte {irc-place c and grate C. In iig. 2 like parts are designated bylike letters asin iig. 1. The arrows indicate the current of air, andheat, and steam, and odor from the cooking-chamber. In iig. 3 like partsare designated by the same letters as in iig. 1.

In the operation of my invention, if I use the fire-place, the grate isset in the usual way, leaving the flue I3 behind the grate back, undinsert the cast-iron plate D in thc {ire-place in any convenient way,and also insert the plate E fitting down closely on plate D, and restingin front on supports 1 and 2 in g. 1, the lower end of said plate havinga groove as seen at 3 in tig. 2,' setting down snugly on a projection inthe rear end of plate D. Ii' I construct an adjustable fire-place ofcast iron, I make it to the size required, so that it can be fitted intothe fire-place. The grate is tted into the same in any of the knownways. For so doing leaving the flue I3 in rear of the grate. The plate Dis then fitted into the said adjustable tire-place, and also curvedplate E, leaving the ilues as described in the rear of the said plates,thus forming a convenient heating and cooking stove, having an opengrate ire, and avoiding the odor from cooking in the room. The red linesin iig. 2 show a vessel set on the plate, or it may be allowed toproject through the plate, as is done in ordinary cooking stoves. Thefire being' 'built in the grate C, the air will rush in at the ilue B,as seen at the blue arrow in iig. 2, and the products of combustion willpass ott at the fines I) b, and pass off, as seen by th'e red arrows iniig. 2, into the ehimn y, while any steam or odor from cooking will passoi as seen in iig. 2, at the red arrow and red line, showing the plato Epressed down by the keyv a to leave an opening for the same to passoii'. The heat fromthe grate heats the plates D and E, so that I cancook, either by boiling or baking, all kinds of food in the chamberabove plate D. I may find it convenient to put a. door to this chamberand make it a close oven.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I cla-im as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-f The combination of the plates Dand E and key a, when constructed and arranged as described, and placedover an open lire-grate, the parts operating as'sct forth and for thepurposes described.

In testimony that I claim the above-described invention, I have hereuntosigned my name this Sth day of February, 1867.

JOHN U. FIESTER.

Witnesses:

SIMEON Bnows, Grao. B. CAnLILn.

